Flow regulation alters alpine river thermal regimes

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 464-465, Issue , 2012, Pages 505-516

  Dickson, Neil E ^a   Carrivick, Jonathan L ^a   Brown, Lee E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glacier; Hydropeaking; Hyporheic zone; denwinkelkees; Reservoir; Water temperature

Indexed keywords

ALPINE RIVERS; ANTHROPOGENIC PRESSURES; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; FLOW REGULATION; GROUNDWATER SOURCES; HYDROPEAKING; HYPORHEIC; HYPORHEIC-ZONE; INTERANNUAL; KEY PROCESS; KEY VARIABLES; MOUNTAIN RIVERS; PROGLACIAL; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; RIVER SYSTEMS; RIVER WATER; SNOW COVERS; STORAGE RESERVOIRS; THERMAL HETEROGENEITY; THERMAL REGIMES; THERMAL RESPONSE; WATER SOURCE; WATER TEMPERATURE DATA; WATER TEMPERATURES;

ECOSYSTEMS; GLACIERS; GROUNDWATER; RESERVOIRS (WATER); STREAM FLOW; TEMPERATURE; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS;

RIVERS;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ANNUAL VARIATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; CLIMATOLOGY; DATA SET; FLOW REGULATION; GROUNDWATER; HETEROGENEITY; RESERVOIR; RIVER SYSTEM; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ALPS; AUSTRIA;

EID: 84866162673     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.07.044     Document Type: Article

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